Re: Russo at Alamosa & Fir - more pics ... (NCTS+NNG)

Thank you, Roger -

Just for giggles, here are just a few more.  Note that these too are neither C&TS nor even Narrow Gauge.  OTOH, to avoid offending the NGDF hard core they are quite well hidden near the bottom of a rather obscure thread . . .    

There was a good crowd waiting at the Alamosa Depot when the 'Rails & Ales' train pulled up to the platform; engineer John Charles oiled around his locomotive while the passengers boarded:


In addition to controlling his fire, Earl Knoob kept busy running the injector and sanding the flues while John Charles adjusted the throttle as the grade changed:


For the first time since 1976 I got to fire a hard-running engine. Earl had trimmed the injector so that the water level stayed pretty constant, but I needed a lot of advice using the firing valve to keep the pressure between 190 and 200 pounds:


It was a beautiful day for the beer fest at Fir; the tiny patches on the back side of Mount Blanca was the only snow I saw during my ten days in "Narrow Gauge Country" in July, 2012 — quite different from the situation as I edit this post in June, 2019:


The big curve below Fir gave me a final chance for a photo as the train headed home to Alamosa after the party:



THANK YOU EARL, JOHN and the SL&RG / Rio Grande Scenic Railway for a FABULOUS day!!!

- Russo



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/06/2019 12:13PM by Russo Loco.